, 1887-08-11
COEUR ID ALENE.
A Letter DESCRIPTIVE OF the Business or
tho Town.


keenly feel my inability to perform the
services required, for this makes the
fifth or sixth time that have sat my
self down with the avowed purpose OF
contributing to your valuable paper
some matters regarding this little
burgh.
Thousands of people know that upon
the northwestern shores Of one OF the
most charming sheets OF water under
the sun, in northwestern Idaho, stands
the city of Occur d. Alene. Thous-
ands have read of its wondrous beauty
and hundreds have gone into the wild
est ecstacy over its matchless scenery.
But do not propose to tell in this OF
the grandeur, boating, fishing, shoot.
ing, dancing, moonlight rambles and
music that you find here, but, as sort
of an introduction, i will take stloll
through the town and visit each and
every house of business and see what
kind of men we have here who go to
form the nucleus of what will be, in
the near future, the Santiago OF the
northwest, (this last expression is not
original with me, by any means, MIR.
Editor)
Beginning at the west end, the first
building we come to on our left is one
formerly known as the "restaurant."
1t is now being fitted up as drug
store by Captain Cyrus Smith, for
merly of Lewiston. On the opposite
side of the street stands the dividend"
kept by John III. Brown, or as he is
known here "Judge Brown" This
place is the oldest as well as one OF
the best places here, having existed
| long qefore any idea OF n town at this
place could have been possible. Next
door to the Dividend is the boot and
shoe establishment OF Beaton & Morris
they,as members of bad soles have made
quite reputation here besides some
money.
Next, on the left, is the blacksmith
shop of James j. Tracy. Mr.. Tracy
came to this place in the winter of
1888, when the steamer Occur d'Alene
was being built, as an experienced and
superior mechanic on that class of
work, and has remained here through
thick and thin ever since, doing gen.
eral business.
On the right, at the old steamboat
landing, stands the store of G. ID. War
ner & Co., and James H. Hart, where
everything imaginable in the line of
general merchandise can be found,
from fine tooth comb to a ships an
chor.
Still going up the street, the next on
our left is the Exchange" kept by
John Dingwell. On the right is the
law Office of Isaac S.Daly, who has re-
mained with the town since it first
started. A little further up on the
left is the "Rathdrum Branch Brew
cry. Beyond stands the Cochran
House," built the past season by r. w.
Cochran. 1t is neatly fitted up in
every particular, with fifteen nice, airy |
rooms, an elegantly furnished parlor,
dining room, office and bar. From |
here you have one of the finest views |
Of the lake, but where the finest view
is to be had is hard to tell, there are so
many of them in this vicinity.
Going over to the lakeshore, we pass
the Lakeside Hotel" kept by H. l..
who is the personification of
lIlt COlNSnLlOIldl MI
Bancroft took this hotel, or what was
left OF it, last spring, and thoroughly
and refurnished the house,
it the favorite resort of some
of the first people of the country. If
we talked of beautiful scenery before,
we forgot this place, for one can hardly |
get tired looking at it. There is an in
charm about, that
pleads in the language of Ruth
OF old: "Entreat me not to |
leave thee, for whittier thou goest /
will CO." From here we will go to
Sherman street. On the left is the
kept by Mr.. McCarty, the
postoffice, V. w. Sanders, postmaster,
and the store of Mr.. Sanders. If
there is any one thing that the people |
of Occur d'Alene can boast and feel
proud of, it is their general merchan-
disc stores, for their proprietors seem
to know just what the people want
and how to buy so as to give their Gus
toners all the advantage of the latest
and most desirable goods at the lowest |
possible prices.
On the opposite side of Sherman
street from Mr.. Sanders stands the
"Transfer" building, Maj. d. Baliand,
proprietor. This building is at the
corner of Sherman and Third streets,
at the railroad crossing, and has nice
plank stoop around two sides of it,
where you can take a chair and sit in
the shade any time of day and
think, and when you get tired of think
ing you can step inside and take a
Little Pine Apple, with three Jumps
of sugar." and 60 out and think again.
Crossing the railroad track, which
passes down Third street to the wharf,
we come to the "Arcade," kept by
Charles S. Claflin, this is a place that
has virtually grown up with the town,
beginning in little seven by nine
cabin it has reached it's present pro-
portions. Next is the Occur d'Alene
bakery, managed by William Wagner;